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    Schelling's focal point theory requires salience, but sal... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Exclusionary behavior toward the outgroup was selected as the dominant coordination strategy because it served as an efficient focal point for ingroup coordination.

    Schelling's focal point theory requires salience, but salience is itself shaped by prior political mobilization, not inherent strategic logic.

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    • 1.Historical focal points (borders, capitals) became salient only after political actors mobilized around them repeatedly.
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    • 2.Without prior institutional or social framing, identical strategic options have no inherent salience advantage.
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    • 3.Schelling's examples (like $20 meeting points) rely on shared cultural context created through prior social coordination.
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    • 1.Some focal points (round numbers, symmetrical locations) exhibit coordination success even across culturally diverse actors.
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    • 2.Salience and mobilization are distinct: mobilization can exploit salience, but salience can exist prior to mobilization.
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    • 3.If all salience required prior mobilization, coordination problems would be unsolvable in novel situations—yet they're often resolved.
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